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Author | : David Haward Bain |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 469 |
Release | : 2022-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1496235177 |
In the summer of 2000 David Haward Bain and his family left their home in Vermont and headed west in search of America’s past. Spiritually, their journey began on a Kansas trail where the author’s grandmother was born in a covered wagon in 1889. Between the Missouri River and the Golden Gate, they retraced the entire route of the first transcontinental railroad and large stretches of the Oregon and California trails, and the equally colorful old Lincoln Highway. Following vanished iron rails and wagon wheel ruts, bumping down backroads and main streets, they discovered the deep, restless, uniquely American spirit of adventure that connects our past to our present. A superb writer and an exacting researcher, Bain conjures up a marvelous sense of coming unstuck in time as he lingers in the ghost towns and battlegrounds, prairies and river ports, trainyards, museums, deserts, and diners that line his cruise west to California. Bain encounters a fascinating cast of characters, both historic and contemporary, as well as memories of his grandparents and the journeys that shaped his own heritage. Writing in the tradition of William Least Heat-Moon and Ian Frazier, and with an engaging warmth and a deep grasp of history all his own, Bain has fashioned a quintessentially American journey.
Author | : David Haward Bain |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2022-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1496230485 |
The award-winning author of "Empire Express" retraces the route of the first transcontinental railroad.
Author | : Edward Mogg |
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Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1840 |
Genre | : England |
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Author | : Christian Wolmar |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 9781409347996 |
A fascinating journey through the history of railways From the early steam trains to the high-speed bullet trains of today, The Iron Road tells the hidden stories of railway history- the inspired engineering, blood, sweat and tears that went into the construction of the railways. Uncover the compelling tales of bold vision, invention and error, and social change behind the history of trains and railways, with famous railways such as the Transsiberian fully explored. Learn how the great railway pioneers such as George Stephenson produced the ideas and feats of engineering that created the railways and changed the world. Each exciting moment of railway history is captured, contextualised and enhanced by superb illustrations. Trains and railways of the past like the romantic Orient Express are brought to life through amazing eyewitness accounts, allowing you to see the railways through the eyes of people who were there at the time. Written by Christian Wolmar, an award-winning writer and broadcaster, The Iron Road is an exciting trip through the history of trains for any railway enthusiast.
Author | : Fred. S. Williams |
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Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1852 |
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Author | : Anne Tait |
Publisher | : Dundurn |
Total Pages | : 181 |
Release | : 2015-11-28 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 1459731441 |
CCBC’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Spring 2016) — Commended From the award-winning movie comes a story of courage and forbidden love. It’s 1882 in southern China. Li Jun, a feisty homeless girl disguised as a boy called Little Tiger, works in a fireworks factory and yearns to sail across the ocean to the mysterious Gold Mountain in faraway British Columbia to find her long-lost father and fulfill her promise to her dying mother. She joins thousands of Chinese men blasting a path for the new railway through the “impassable” Rocky Mountains. There she faces danger, deceit, and prejudice at every turn. Then, defying all the rules, she falls in love with James, the son of the railway tycoon. Should she reveal her true identity to him? Coming from such different worlds, could they make a life together?
Author | : Frederick Sims Williams |
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Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1852 |
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Author | : James Mawdsley |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Burma |
ISBN | : 0865476373 |
Twenty-eight-year-old Mawdsley spent much of the past four years in grim Burmese prisons. "The Iron Road" is his story, and the story of the regime that jailed him, the way it jails, tortures, and kills hundreds of Burmese each day. "The Iron Road" is the story of how one person can further the cause of justice through sheer will and determination.
Author | : Francis COGHLAN |
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Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1838 |
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Total Pages | : 674 |
Release | : 1938 |
Genre | : Geology |
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